Hearings and presentations

All hearings will be broadcast and saved on the Inquiry’s YouTube channel so that people can watch them on the day or at a later date.

Further information about hearings, how to attend and guidance for witnesses and attendees is available on the Information about hearings page.

 


Timetable – Education and certification impact hearings

Week one – 5-7 November
Tuesday 5 November

Opening statement from Laura-Anne van der Westhuizen – Senior Co-Lead Counsel

Marguerite Hunter-Blair – Chief Executive, Play Scotland

Lorna Kettles – Policy and Engagement Manager, Early Years Scotland

Panel – Early Years Scotland members:

  • Rhona Black – Head of Nursery and Kindergarten, Glasgow Academy
  • Karen Flynn – Area Manager, Kirktonholme Nursery
  • Ross Keenan – Director, Cosmic Coppers
Wednesday 6 November

Graeme McAlister – Chief Executive, Scottish Childminding Association

Panel – National Union of Students Scotland former presidents:

  • Ellie Gomersall
  • Matt Crilly
  • Liam McCabe

Panel – School Leaders Scotland:

  • Graham Hutton – General Secretary and former headteacher
  • Jim Thewliss – former General Secretary
Thursday 7 November

Steven Graham – Head of School, e-Sgoil

Tina Woolnough – Communications Manager, CONNECT

Dr Jenny Wood – Co-founder, A Place in Childhood

Panel – Linking Education and Disability (LEAD) and Association for Real Change (ARC) Scotland:

  • Emma Whitelock – Chief Executive, LEAD Scotland
  • Scott Richardson-Read – ARC Scotland

Week two – 12-15 November
Tuesday 12 November

Kelly Munro, Education Officer for primary and secondary education, Carers Trust Scotland

Glenn Carter, Head of Scotland Office, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy

Panel, Scottish Sensory Centre:

  • Dr Brian Shannan, Audiology and Audiometry Course Organiser, University of Edinburgh
  • Elizabeth McCann, Teaching Fellow (Visual Impairment), University of Edinburgh
Wednesday 13 November

Panel, PAMIS

  • Jennifer Miller, Chief Executive
  • Elizabeth McIlraith, Transition Lead (Glasgow City)

Panel, colleges

  • Angela Cox, Principal and Chief Executive, Ayrshire College
  • Jon Vincent, Principal and Chief Executive, Glasgow Clyde College
  • Lydia Rohmer, Principal and Chief Executive, University of the Highlands and Islands North, West and Hebrides
  • Stella McManus, Principal and Chief Executive, South Lanarkshire College
Thursday 14 November

Panel, universities

  • Dr David Duncan, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Chief Operating Officer and University Secretary, University of Glasgow
  • Professor Penny Macbeth, Director and Chief Executive, Glasgow School of Art
  • Professor Karl Leydecker, Senior Vice-Principal, University of Aberdeen

Susan Mitchell, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Glasgow Caledonian University

Friday 15 November

Alison Maclean, Regional Officer with responsibility for Higher and Further Education, UNITE

Lorcan Mullen, Regional Organiser, UNISON Scotland

Mike Corbett, National Officer, NASUWT

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Impact Hearing | Health and Social Care | Day 2

Hearing date : 25/10/2023
Day 2 of the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry's Health and Social Care Impact Hearings. ...

Impact Hearing | Health and Social Care | Day 1

Hearing date : 24/10/2023
The opening session of the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry's Health and Social Care Impact Hearings....

Preliminary hearing for health and social care

Hearing date : 28/08/2023
The Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry held a preliminary health and social care hearing on 28 August 2023...

Epidemiology presentation

Hearing date : 26/07/2023
The Inquiry has commissioned a report from Dr Ashley Croft, Consultant Public Health Physician an...